Hall's other "don'ts" advised step-parents not to expect their role to be an easy one, and to always refrain from telling their partner how to parent, as well as avoiding favouring their own child in any way.

Hall and husband Denim Cooke share a blended family of seven kids. (Instagram)

But despite the sound advice, the post was flooded with comments from other step-parents insisting that Hall's views on discipline were misguided.

"I've 2 stepsons and my husband and I have 3 kids together," a fellow step-mum wrote.

"If the older two weren't disciplined, it would be favouring them over the others! They all have the same rules to abide to and the same punishments, regardless of which child it is!"

Others agreed, adding that the easiest way to cause tensions in blended families was to let your partner's kids "off the hook" for things you'd discipline your own children for.

"It's silly to say that you can NEVER discipline your stepchildren," one step-dad wrote.

"Sometimes my wife isn't around and I'm the only one who can discipline my stepdaughters when they're acting up."

Hall later explained that what works for one blended family won't work for all, and that she never intended to make other step-parents feel that she was telling them how to behave, simply that these lessons worked for her.

"I would never in my wildest dreams punish [Denim's] kids, that's his job if he sees it being necessary, as is mine to deal with my kids," she later added in a comment.